Ecuador at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Ecuador
games=1996 Summer
competitors=19
sports=7
flagbearer=Felipe Delgado
officials=
gold=1
silver=0
bronze=0
total=1
rank=49

Ecuador competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The nation from South America won its first Olympic medal when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk. The Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano, the Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee, was created in 1948 and recognized by the IOC in 1959.

Medalists

Gold

* Jefferson Pérez — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 10,000 metres
* Silvio Guerra

Men's Marathon
* Rolando Vera — 2:17.40 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 20 km Walk
* Gold Medal)

Women's Marathon
* Martha Tenorio — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=Boxing=

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
*Luis Hernandez
*# First Round — Lost to Kabil Lahsen (Morocco), 9-18

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
*Thompson García
*# First Round — Lost to Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), abandoned

=Cycling=

* Paulo Caicedo
* Pedro Rodríguez
* Héctor Chiles

=Sailing=

* Gastón Vedani

=Shooting=

* Margarita de Falconí

=Swimming=

Men's 50m Freestyle
* Felipe Delgado
*# Heat – 23.26 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle
* Felipe Delgado
*# Heat – 51.38 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly
* Roberto Delgado
*# Heat – 56.29 (→ did not advance, 44th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly
* Andrés Vasconcellos
*# Heat – 2:05.98 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle
* Julio Santos, Felipe Delgado, Roberto Delgado, and Javier Santos
*# Heat – 3:27.77 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle
* Roberto Delgado, Julio Santos, Javier Santos, and Andrés Vasconcellos
*# Heat – 7:54.37 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

=Tennis=

Men's Singles Competition
* Luis Morejón
*# First round — Defeated Marcelo Filippini (Uruguay) 6-7 7-5 6-1
*# Second round — Lost to Renzo Furlan (Italy) 5-7 2-6

* Nicolas Lapentti
*# First round — Lost to Andrei Olhovskiy (Russia) 1-6 6-3 6-8
* Pablo Campana

References

* [http://www.ecuadorcoe.org.ec/pdf/Medallas_Ecuador/PARTICIPACION_ECUADOR_JUEGOS_OLIMPICOS.pdf Ecuador Olympic Committee]